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"Routinely ranked among the greatest heavy metal albums of all time, The
Number of the Beast is the birth of Iron Maiden as we know it, a
relentless metal machine lifted to soaring new heights by the arrival of
erstwhile Samson frontman Bruce Dickinson. Dickinson's operatic
performance here made him an instant metal icon, challenging even Rob
Halford for bragging rights, and helped launch the band into the
stratosphere. The Number of the Beast topped the charts in the U.K., but
even more crucially -- with Judas Priest having moved into more
commercial territory -- it also made Iron Maiden the band of choice for
purists who wanted their metal uncompromised. Maiden took the basic
blueprint Priest had created in the late '70s -- aggressive tempos,
twin-guitar interplay, wide-ranging power vocals -- and cranked
everything up faster and louder. The album's intensity never lets up,
the musical technique is peerless for its time, and there isn't a truly
unmemorable song in the bunch. Blessed with a singer who could drive
home a melody in grandiose fashion, Steve Harris' writing gets more
ambitious, largely abandoning the street violence of old in favor of
fittingly epic themes drawn from history, science fiction, and horror.."
(Read more: www.allmusic.com)

"Numerous albums such as Diamond Head's Lightning to the Nations, Judas Priest's Sad Wings of Destiny & Black Sabbath's first 2 albums helping lead it. But when all the major albums were out & the effect had been there, it loomed later on. To sign off a remarkable music development, Iron Maiden responded with Number of the Beast: one of the single most controversial metal albums to date.." (www.sputnikmusic.com)

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